Arduino-Libs VS esp-idf

Compare Arduino-Libs vs esp-idf and see what are their differences.

Arduino-Libs

Arduino Libs & Examples: ADS1147, ADS7846, DAC8760, DS1307, RV8523, MCP2515, WS2812, S65-Display, MI0283QT-2/-9/-11, HX8347D, ILI9341, SSD1331 (by watterott)

esp-idf

Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs. (by espressif)
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Arduino-Libs esp-idf
2 245
167 12,434
1.2% 2.4%
3.7 10.0
4 months ago about 10 hours ago
C++ C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later Apache License 2.0
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Arduino-Libs

Posts with mentions or reviews of Arduino-Libs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-11.
  • Path forward from Arduino to embedded C/C++
    5 projects | /r/embedded | 11 Mar 2022
    There are some design decisions Arduino made that maybe restrict in one aspect, but there's nothing wrong with dropping down to a lower level or jumping sideways to a slightly customized version that does just the right thing. e.g. If digitalWrite() isn't fast enough, somebody wrote a digitalWriteFast() that works with some AVRs. Otherwise, you can probably just hunt down the source yourself, make your own copy of it, and change it to be the way you need. That's a great way to learn, too
  • Follow-up to speeding up your code with registers: don't forget masking!
    1 project | /r/arduino | 14 Apr 2021

esp-idf

Posts with mentions or reviews of esp-idf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Arduino-Libs and esp-idf you can also consider the following projects:

TaskScheduler - Cooperative multitasking for Arduino, ESPx, STM32, nRF and other microcontrollers

arduino-esp32 - Arduino core for the ESP32

ArduinoXInput - XInput library for USB capable Arduino boards

MicroPython - MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems

Adafruit_Sensor - Common sensor library

WiFiManager - ESP8266 WiFi Connection manager with web captive portal

MD_MAX72XX - LED Matrix Library

WLED - Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!

CoopCommand - CoopCommand aims to increase automation in small scale egg-laying chicken flocks for the hobby farmer. Final product aims to have ease of installation and use for non-technical users.

Unity Test API - Simple Unit Testing for C

EBYTE - Libraries to program and use UART-based EBYTE wireless data transceivers

esptool-js - Javascript implementation of flasher tool for Espressif chips, running in web browser using WebSerial.